Eric David, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Google denies report that its Maps app is back in China; web version already available [updated]

By Eric David Jan 15, 2018

Update: A Google spokesperson told 9to5Google that it has actually not made any changes to Google Maps for China, adding that a web version has been available for years, with no app launches planned. The original…

Emerging Tech

True Fit raises $55M to personalize clothes shopping with AI

By Eric David Jan 15, 2018

Buying clothes online can be tricky since you can’t try them on before you order them, and because actual sizes can vary between brands and styles, it is nearly impossible to predict how something will actually look and feel…

Emerging Tech

Google’s Arts & Culture app uses AI to find your lookalike in famous art

By Eric David Jan 15, 2018

Google LLC has come up with a clever way to combine its face recognition technology with its educational museum app, Google Arts & Culture. Using artificial intelligence, the app’s newest update can help museum visitors find their…

Apps

Google removed dozens of Play Store games that showed adult ads to kids

By Eric David Jan 12, 2018

Google LLC has pulled around 60 games from the Play Store after learning that they were infected with malware that displayed pornographic ads. Cybersecurity company Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. discovered the malware, which it named…

Infra

AMD issues Spectre security patch despite initially claiming ‘near zero risk’

By Eric David Jan 12, 2018

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. released a firmware update Thursday for its processors to guard against the Spectre CPU exploit, confirming that its processors are at least somewhat vulnerable to the same flaws discovered in Intel…

Infra

Russian hackers are heavily targeting the US Senate, says Trend Micro

By Eric David Jan 12, 2018

The same Russian hackers that broke into the Democratic National Convention in 2016 are also responsible for numerous cyberattacks against the U.S. Senate and other government groups, according to a new report released today by cybersecurity…

Infra

A WhatsApp security flaw let researchers snoop on group chat messages

By Eric David Jan 11, 2018

A team of German cryptographers say they have found a flaw in WhatsApp’s security that allowed them to bypass the chat app’s end-to-end encryption and eavesdrop on group chat messages. The team, which hails from Ruhr University Bochum…

Emerging Tech

Unbabel raises $23M for AI translations backed up by human editors

By Eric David Jan 11, 2018

Artificial intelligence may eventually become the perfect universal translator, but even though machine translation may be lightning fast, it still falls behind the accuracy of human translators. Portuguese startup Unbabel believes its “AI-powered, human-refined”…

Emerging Tech

Google buys Redux, a startup that uses vibrations to turn phone screens into speakers

By Eric David Jan 11, 2018

Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. reportedly has acquired Redux ST, a small U.K.-based startup that has developed haptics technology that turns smart device screens into sound speakers. It is unclear from a report in Bloomberg…

Apps

Amazon opens up virtual Dash Buttons for other connected devices

By Eric David Jan 10, 2018

Amazon.com Inc. will not be satisfied until every object in your house is capable of ordering its products. The ecommerce giant today announced the upcoming release of the Virtual Dash Button Service, a software…

Eric David

Google denies report that its Maps app is back in China; web version already available [updated]

True Fit raises $55M to personalize clothes shopping with AI

Google’s Arts & Culture app uses AI to find your lookalike in famous art

Google removed dozens of Play Store games that showed adult ads to kids

AMD issues Spectre security patch despite initially claiming ‘near zero risk’

Russian hackers are heavily targeting the US Senate, says Trend Micro

A WhatsApp security flaw let researchers snoop on group chat messages

Unbabel raises $23M for AI translations backed up by human editors

Google buys Redux, a startup that uses vibrations to turn phone screens into speakers

Amazon opens up virtual Dash Buttons for other connected devices

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